2011-02-12 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The number of young people in the United States hospitalized due to stroke has jumped by 50 percent since the mid-1990s, even as the number of older Americans suffering from stroke has declined.Accord

2011-02-12 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The National Basketball Association's (NBA) longest tenured head coach, Jerry Sloan, 68, has abruptly resigned from the Utah Jazz - a team he led for the last 23 years. He stepped down Thursday, onl

2011-02-12 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

More than 800,000 Haitians displaced by last year's devastating earthquake are still living in tent camps scattered around Port-au-Prince. Conditions are often deplorable and life is filled with man

2011-02-12 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

African Americans first introduced Islam to the east coast city of Baltimore 65 years ago. Today, more than 60 percent of the city's 630,000 residents are black. About 5000 of them are African-Americ

2011-02-11 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The top U.S. intelligence officials have defended their agencies' efforts to keep on top of rapidly unfolding developments in Egypt. Officials Thursday offered sobering assessments on a wide range o

2011-02-11 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The head of the International Monetary Fund warns that another financial crisis could arise if the international monetary system is not reformed.IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn said that even though

2011-02-11 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The sudden eruption of mass anti-government protests in Egypt seemingly caught most people by surprise, including U.S. and other Western intelligence agencies. The turn of events has sparked question

2011-02-11 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Cameroon’s new mineral research center will begin operations this year.

South Korean mining researchers are making trips to Cameroon to determine the overall cost of the facility, to be located

2011-02-11 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Demonstrations in Egypt calling for President Hosni Mubarak to step down have drawn people from all walks of life, including members of the country's elite. Some in the elite have benefitted financia

2011-02-11 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The Dayton Peace Accord that ended the Bosnian War in the former Yugoslavia was reached during the Clinton administration in November 1995 and signed the following month in Paris. President Bill Clin

2011-02-10 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Armed pirates have hijacked a U.S.-bound oil tanker carrying about $200 million worth of crude off the coast of Oman. Authorities say the Greek-flagged vessel has a crew of 25, including 17 Filipinos,

2011-02-10 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The votes are in and soon we’ll know who’ll take home the big honors at the 53rd annual Grammy Awards. Due to time limitations, only a few of the trophies are presented during the televised program

2011-02-10 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

NATO's top military commander in Afghanistan, General David Petraeus, predicts an increase in fighting in Afghanistan with the arrival of spring. But in an interview on NATO TV, he also described div

2011-02-10 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Excavations are continuing at two mass graves which have been discovered in the southeast of Turkey, a predominantly Kurdish southeast Turkey. The bodies are believed to be victims of Turkey's war ag

2011-02-10 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

American universities inherited a choral tradition from England where, centuries ago, student choruses gathered to sing songs with different vocal parts known as glees. Today, dozens of U.S. colleges

2011-02-10 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Zinat Pirzadeh, 41, left Iran for Sweden almost 19 years ago, fleeing from oppression and an arranged marriage. Today, she's a celebrity in her adopted country, with a dream of using her somewhat unc

2011-02-09 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The 53rd Annual Grammy Awards ceremony takes place February 13, 2011 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Here'a a look at this year’s contenders in the pop, rock, and Rhythm and Blues races.Eminem

2011-02-09 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Masses of demonstrators continue their protest against Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. Our correspondent looks at whether events in Egypt have any effect on the Middle East peace process involving

2011-02-09 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Visits to Senegal this week by Bolivian President Evo Morales and Brazil's ex-President Lula da Silva highlight what analysts say is Latin America's growing geopolitical interest in Africa.The cries

2011-02-09 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The 53nd Annual Grammy Awards will be held in Los Angeles, California on February 13. Here are this year’s nominees in jazz. Three of the greatest names in jazz fusion: John McLaughlin, Stanley Clar

2011-02-09 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

When Augustus White was growing up in the American south in the 1940s, racial segregation was an accepted part of life. African Americans got second best - in education, employment, and health care.Bu

2011-02-09 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Even as huge crowds protesting the government of President Hosni Mubarak continue to gather at Cairo’s Tahrir Square, many in this city of some 18 million are trying to resume a semblance of regular

2011-02-09 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Three international documentaries recently premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. The films shed light on the struggle for empowerment by people around the world and offer a uniq

2011-02-09 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

In recent months, cocoa growers in Cameroon have been happy.Prices for their crop have reached an all-time high of 1,400 FCFA [about US $3] per kilogram. That’s about double the high reached three y

2011-02-08 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Talks between Egypt's opposition and the government of President Hosni Mubarak have failed to stop thousands from demonstrating and calling for his immediate removal.The Egyptian capital appeared to